Promoters seek coin for Willard Fulton bout bids
The piece notes dwindling offers for a Jess Willard vs Fulton championship, promoter Colonel Joe Miller still seeking a venue and backing. It mentions Bowdoin’s Jack Magee going to service, Frank Facey sanctioning the Burdett Hill run, and Lawson Robertson’s critique of scholboy sports. It highlights Dave Shean’s early Sox form, a Charles Bank Gymnasium meeting about Westland playground, Frankie Britt’s steady career, and Navy coach Jack Ryder predicting Penn relays entries and memorials for Martin Sheridan.
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Jess Willard-Fulton
Joe Miller
Collins shines at third base with Boston in 1895
The text states Jimmy Collins started as an outfielder and later excelled as a third baseman for Boston, with his best game noted in 1895. It gives his birth as Buffalo, New York, January 16, 1873, though the source text has garbled digits, and mentions an address for additional amateur sanctions and pricing. The passage also asks about a meeting between Young Britt and Leonard and includes a medical remark about rest for a pulled tendon.
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Jimmy Collins
Collins
Boston
Buffalo
N. Y
Brookline High Dropping Baseball This Spring
Brookline High Athletic Association votes to drop baseball for the spring. No school team will represent Brookline. inter class games planned. Triangular league with Cambridge Latin and Newton High may dissolve without a substitute from another school. The action follows the loss of a third athletic director in 12 months as Threshie plans to switch to crew.
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Brookline High Athletic Association
Cambridge Latin
Newton High
Brookline High
Greater Boston
Newton
Cambridge
Bob Delehanty
Brookline
Worcester Academy
Norman Fradd
France
Teachers Discuss Athletics in Boston Schoolboys Meeting
The Massachusetts High School Masters Association and the School Committee heard from Fred J. O'Brien, athletic director at Boston Latin, on why athletics are vital to city students. The afternoon session in Magon Street highlighted the role of sports in education.
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Boston
Masachustts High School Masters’ Association
Magon Street
Fred J. O’brien
Boston Latin School
Reb Russell Signs with ChicagoAmericans for Texas Camp
Chicago report says Albert Reb Russell pitcher signed his contract to play for the Chicago Americans and left for Mineral Wells Texas to join the club.
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Chicago
Albert
Reb’ Russell
Chicago Americans
Mineral Wells
Texas
Herzog Not Yet in Fold Falls to Braves in Exhibition
Augusta Ga April 3 Charley Herzog failed to clinch a settlement as the Yankees beat the Braves 13 to 9 in a force game. Herzog met President Haughton but the talks remained deadlocked. A planned third meeting was postponed amid the tempers and delays. The capacity crowd of 3100 watched Canavan Crum and Thormahlen vie on the mound as Caldwell McGraw and Thormahlen split the mound duties for New York and Boston respectively.
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Augusta
Charley Herzog
Yanks
Braves
Herzog
Haughton
Miami
Stallings
Columbia
Camp Hancock
Canavan
Cal Crum
Caldwell
McGraw
Thormahden
RK. HW. E
New York
Boston
Caldwell and Walters
Thormahlen
Ruel
Crum and Tragesser
Hughes and
Henry
Boston College Squad to Select Team for West Point
Boston College will hold its final workout today for the opening game with West Point. Fourteen players with Captain Gildea and Coach Fowler will depart for New York tomorrow morning. Fowler and Gildea will finalize the squad for the trip after two practice sessions yesterday including fast fielding and batting practice.
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Boston College
West Point
Gildea
Fowler
Richard A. O'Brien
S. J
New York
Toe Hold Permitted In Mat Bout Tonight
Mike Yokel vs John Kilonis headlines a best two falls out of three match at Grand Opera House in Boston. Yokel seeks to reclaim a lost title under full championship rules with top hold allowed. A preliminary features Patsy McCarthy against Peter Goulet.
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Mike Yokel
John Kilonis
Grand Opera House
Boston
Yokel
Patsy McCarthy
Peter Goulet
Favorites Win in Golf at Pinehurst
E L Scofield of Stamford and Irving S S Robeson of Rochester led the upper bracket with easy wins in the North and South championship at Pinehurst on April 3. Scofield, medallist in qualifying, defeated Howard G Phillips 8 and 6 while Robeson beat Guy A Miller 4 and 3. In the lower bracket, Dr H Gardner of Providence, expected to reach the finals, lost 4 and 3 to R A Stranahan of Toledo.
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Pinehurst
N. C
E. L. Scofield
Stamford
Irving S&s. Robeson
Rochester
Scofield
Howard G. Phillips
Robeson
Guy A. Miller
Detroit
Dr. ©. H. Gardner
Providence
R. A. Stranahan
Toledo
Pittsburgh Nationals 6 Johnston 4 in four innings
Jacksonville report notes Pitts burg Nationals led by Canto Joseph E Johnston with a 6 to 4 win over an opponent in a four inning game. Johnston earned the mound win with strong early pitching and the Nationals built a lead before the game was shortened due to time.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Pittsburg Nationals
Joseph E. Johnston
Dodgers Beat Red Sox 2-1 in early season clash
In Waco on April 3 Brooklyn won 2 to 1 as Grimes held off a late Red Sox rally. Mays gave six solid innings for Boston and Leonard allowed the decisive runs. Dave Shean produced a key two bagger in the ninth to spark the Sox. Johnston homered for Brooklyn and Schmandt contributed a double.
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McInnis
Smandt
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Sox
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Dave Shean
Shean
Strunk
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Leonard
Johnston
Hooper
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Smith
Whiteman
Miller
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Schmandt
Pwo
Daubert
Sehmandt
Scott
Olson
Klem and
Hart
Mitchell the Old Fighter Dies in England
Charley Mitchell former England middleweight and heavyweight champion dies in England born November 2 1861 in Birmingham His greatest bout was with John L Sullivan at Chantilly France March 10 1888 a bare knuckle fight for 2500 a side lasting 239 rounds ending in a draw Sullivan broke a hand Mitchell scored a knockdown in a Madison Square Garden bout May 14 1883 Sullivan stopped the match in the later rounds Mitchell later lost to James J Corbett in Jacksonville Florida January 25 1894 which ended his ring career
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John J
Sullivan
James J. Corbett
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Corbett
Charley Mitchell
John L. Sullivan
Bob Fitzsimmons
Mike Donovan
Terry McGovern
Billy Madden
Dick Burge
England
Queensberry
Boston Gladiator
France
London
Bostonian
Reading High School Nine Delayed in League Start
Reading High School’s baseball nine has not yet begun league play due to scheduling delays and weather concerns. Team officials say the squad remains optimistic about the late start and plans to resume practice while awaiting firm dates.
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Reading High School
Boxing Gossip and Upcoming Fights Across New England
The report notes substitute appearances and close-quarters battles in recent bouts, reflects on aging champions like Charley Mitchell and a line of late-era greats, and previews upcoming events in Lawrence Cambridge Manchester and Southbridge. It highlights Finney Boyle versus Battling Reddy, Shaver O'Brien versus Packy Hommey, and matches involving Kid Wolfe Young MacFarland Kid Henry Young Chakas and Billy Woods, with deaths in the boxing world briefly noted.
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N. H
Nashua
Kid Wolfe
Young MacFarland
Billy Mills
Kid Henry
Newark
Joe Morgan
Young Chakas
Young Bushier
Woonsocket
Britt
Billy Woods
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Young) Britt
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